USA TODAYA teen who fatally shot two students and injured three others in Santa Clarita, California, used an unregistered"kit gun" in last week's shooting, authorities said.
"The real concern here is that you have untraceable, unserialized firearms that exist completely outside of the regulatory scheme of federal and state law," Nick Suplina, managing director for law and policy at gun violence group Everytown, told USA TODAY."People who are prohibited from owning firearms under federal or state law have ready access to make their own untraceable firearms, and that's very dangerous.
Those who make kit guns and parts can say they are not selling an actual firearm and are not required to use a serial number under federal law, which makes the chain of custody nearly impossible to track, the Giffords Law Center said. Suplina said the federal government considers frames or receivers – which house other parts, including the firing mechanism – the part of the gun that makes it a firearm and requires a serial number and background check to purchase. If a receiver is considered unfinished under federal purview, it is not regulated like a firearm, he said.
Newtown Action Alliance said that in some cases, these firearms can be made almost entirely from plastic parts, except for a metal nail used as a firing pin.Federal and some states' laws prohibit some undetectable firearms, the Giffords Law Center said. The ATF determines whether a product is a firearm that requires a background check and serial number or if it is an unfinished kit and requires no check or serial number.
And when you make them illegal or impossible to get the criminal gangs will have private shops building guns to bring the Mexican style of fear to California. WalkAway BLEXIT
Listen up Dumbshits! Military styled firearms, copycats and parts cannot be sold anywhere in Commiefornia and if you can find those arms or parts the only way you can take possession of them is to be leaving the state and they send your purchase to an FFL in that state .
How many of these are used in crimes? Answer: Much less than are bought from FFL's. Guys: The problem is not 'kit guns', the problem is not firearms in general. The problem is the human beings and it is time to focus on those human beings.
Why didn’t the Dems ban or adequately regulate such guns when they controlled the House, Senate and WH from 2008 until 2010. . .or pass any other gun control measures?
RT to GOP..NRA
WRONG! Kits don't come with a lower receiver. THAT is the only part with a serial number and IS run through NICS. Can't buy one without a background check.
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